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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

4 large force of carpenters are, pushing to
rapid Completion the large bn'idlng oe.ng
eracted for Messrs. Clements and Wilson near
tba abroad. in the western limits of the cor
noration. nor We learn they have purchased tne me
iarga large warehouse adjacent thereto: opposliI,eI
Whitworth g. Co.'S lumber yard. Ihey wiz wiz
commence business early in September an ana
win buy largely in cotton, rice, cotton seeu'
and general country produce.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

At the regular semi-annual election OF oiheers
of the Opelousas Social Club, held Thursday,
August llth, the following were duly eieeteo
20 serve during the ensuing term:
Alphonse Levy, President; Isaac Koes; 90 v;ss ISL
Vice President; o. FL. Terwilliger, I'd wee
President; Maurice Derp6s, Recording Seere-
tary L. Salmonson, Financial Secretary JOS
H. Cain, Treasurer.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Az Ravou Petit Prairie, on last Saturday a
colored man by the name of Jesse Good, a
% sort Of hoodlum, while imposing upon and
ahusing q colored boy named Jerry Swezey
was cut in the neck and throat by the latter,
INJECTING serious but not dangerous wound.
Swezey was placed under bonds to appear be-
fore the next term of the District Court.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Hon. T. j. Herman, the chairman, has call
ed meeting of the Democratic CommitIee di Oh
the 9th Congressional District for next Lnnts- us
day. the 18th inst. at Baton Ronge; the oo-
ject of the meeting being Ito taee sue snen nom %
nation of q candidate for Congress from sala
district" to fill the vacancy caused py the fe-
cent death Of Hon. E. w. Robertson.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. D. Suit druggist, Bippus, IDd., tes.
tifies: Il can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given reiefin every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured of
rheumatism of 10 years. standing >
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, O.,
affirms "The best selling medicine
have ever handled in my 90 years. expe-
rieuce, is Electric Bitters." Thousands
of OF hers have added their testimony, so
that the verdict is unanimous that Elec-
tic Bitters do cnre all diseases of the
liver, kidneys and blood. Only half
dollar II bottle ut Hamilton & Bailey's. g
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

The State Prohibition Convention meets III
Alexandria next Wednesday, the nth Ihe
local papers assure US that ample provision ~ mas
been made for the accommodation OF all VINO
attend, and we feel sure that every visitor WIN
an exalted opinion of Alexandria's hospitality:
We have partaken of it, and "know whereof
xva snaak -
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-Mr. Zenon A. fon-
tenot, who resided in the western part OF TINS
narisb. lost his life on Wednesday OF last
week under unfortunate and peculiar circum-
stances. He was returning from hunting
expedition, and while taking his gun by the the
rnuzzle from his wagon, the hammer eangh.
on something and discharged the gun, tne
load passing through his body with iatal re-
srlts
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

I'VE do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State
Lottery Company and in person manage and
control the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and
in good faith toward all parties, and we author.
ize the Company to use this certificate, with
fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its ad
vertisements.'
G. 7. BEAUREGARD,
j. A. EARLY,
Commissioners.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Caterpillars have appeared in several cot
ton fields throughout the parish. They are
webbing up, however, aud it will be three or
four weeks before they do any damage. BY
the time the second crop comes the cotton will
be almost done making.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

speakiug Of the road machine NC now sh;oo.og ao,ng
gooS work in Taylors lane, the washington
rood locality to try the merits Of this ma, a.
chine would be ON the road from enis piacs tho 10
Opelousas This road, aitnongh .u5 u5 largely
noss 1roye,ed a sadly out Of repair and should @
sSst u give us chance to Inspect ihe wor1 voaa
;uss ~ ~ he parish road machine on tins roao
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

i Raton Rougs special Of the 9th to the y. y,
4 p;eavnna saSs: The congressional race 10 !,
ueaynns Il; VII hs lively one Colonel
NJ Rohsrtsop J,sUs son of the late congressman -
pronounced r candidate and began z an ac.lts !;
canyass this morning. Hon 4 J.. Mer1an rar,n q
mnoh spoken Of and Wlli 5se nase r,.7 n9 Judge
IRON II Ayoyeiies is said TO be calldiaase
anS sss Poinfe ~ Gonpee has two favorise sons
There are other parishes TO be heard from - il.
The congressional committee nas pssn =
ed 10 meet here Thursday, Aug 70.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

MARRIED-In Calcaseu parish on Wednes-
day Ang. 8, 1887, III. A. KNIGHT of Calcasien
to Miss ANNIE r. SARvAUNT, formerly OF
Washington.
At the residence of the brides father,
DR. j. L. Hawkins at Bayou Chicot, on Mon
da.. Aug. 8, by Judge Eli Clark, WILLIAM A:
OUIsK to FLORENCE BELLE HAWKINS, all of
this parish
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Fon RENT.-A small comfortable res
| idence with two acres of land inclOsed,
in Opelousas, will be rented very low it
applied for soon. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
FOR SALE

The Hotel Property in 0peiousas knows
aa the Eureka House and now oc-
cupied by A. Lacombe.
WgHIs fine property is opposlte. the ne Sons' ~
oaLohe OoSu, onstreyaux and C. Brand, south p 3
T'anSrv Street. east by DIR. Y. Boagni ana =
N. haief' aHu JULES PERRODIN,
- 4 1897 OpeIousas, La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

f,nelonsas Social Club was held at their hall
last Tuesday night. Music, singing, recita-
tions and readings were among the choice It'd
bits with which the select audience were re-
al
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

considerable number of clerical and lay
daIapates left here on Tuesday evenings train
to attend the conference of colored Metho-
d;sts in session at Alexandria.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Ouachita Telegraph: Gen. Scott once rose ..
from "a hasty plate of soup to write lesse.
That episode and epistolary etf,ision sealed g
his fate. Col. Hollingsworth, the would -ne M
Warwick W Of Louisiana, would do well to take
warning. His famous letter bringing otll
Gen. Nichols was enough. For him GO 30 y Inr
tiler and attempt to make United States sen
aEors ID quite too much. He had better g SUP
side. To be Warwick In the baifWlcK y o. ae Iaa
n q nna, thiuo to be Warwick in the grea
1 State III Louisiana il quite another.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Mr.. c. b. Andrus shipped new bale of cot
ton from his plantation on the 4th inst. Sew
eral planters have commenced picking cotton,
but the gins have not started operations yet
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Lake Charles Echo: Those papers
that are calling Senator Eustis politi-
cal acrobat on account of the sentiments
expressed in his interview with the
Boston Herald, would do well to .e-
member one very important fact, which
is this, that he has always fought his
political battles within the ranks of the
Democratic party, and not with inde-
penllents and bnlters.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

,r,.a sr1,;hoaamx Sentinel says that the Mich
made n Intellectual effort organize
80 elnh 81 Lock port, Ilafonrche parish The
Z sen II was lsIly advertised, but when the day
NJ came there were not enough men
i. favor 81 Gen Nichols TO form even
fhe '1f basis for club, 20 the attempt was Dan
dnraad
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
=, latest riding skirt-Mother Hubbard.

Attention is called to the advertisement in
onnther column headed Lands and Town Lots
y. Cal
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

The dramatic performance given BY the La
s.yatte Social Club at Grand Coteau, last Sun
dap ID said to have been perfect success.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

For RENT-A good business stand,
old established and centrally located, Oh
Main street, in Opelousas. Apply at
this office.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

We have been requested to state that a
teacher can be procured by addressing >; IT,,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

James j. Fl. Gregory's garden seeds
from MarbIehead, Mass, jnst received,
at j. K. Sandoz's grocery.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
Rucklen,s Arniea salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns aud all skin eruptions, and posi-
tiv,iy cures piles. OF no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price Csc
pei box. For sale by Hamilton&Bail g.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

For SALE-A new Remington double
barrel b,eech-loading shot gun can be
had at bargain on application at this
nffica
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Mason's Preserve Jars, quarts, for
81 rs per doz., at Flynn's, Washington.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

Teche Pilot Joseph Jefferson viii send hl
fine stock to the Jeanerette fair.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
LIST OF PRIZES.

For CLUB RATES Or any further infor'
nation apply to the undersigned Your
handwriting must be distinct and Signature
ula;n More rapid return mail delivery VIII
be assured by your enclosing an envelope
bearing your full address.
Send Postal Notes. Express Money Orders
or New York Exchange in ordinary letter
currency by Express Cat our expense) ad
dressed TO
M. A. DAUPHAN,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
OVER HALF A MILLION DIS
TRIBUTED.
La. s. l..
Louisiana State Lottery
Company,

incorporated by the Legislature i'll 1868, for
Educational and Charitable purposes, and Its
franchise made part of the present State Con
stitution, in 1879 by an OVERWHELMING
POPULAR VOTE.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

NOTUCE.-'Ticket are $40 ONLY
Halves, SIS. Fitths, Sc. Tenths, ~.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
State Lotteries which may be presented at our
counters.
j. H. OGLESBY,
Pres La. Nat. Bank.
P. LANAUX,
Pres. State Nat. Bank.
A. BALDWIN.
Pres. N. 0 Nat. Bank.
CARL KOHN,
Pres. Union Nat. Bank.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-08-13
JUDICIAL NOTICES

SALE.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
Figures Will Tell.

BY the sworn report of the comptroller
of the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
Company made to the Railroad Com.
mission and dated January 81, 1887, il
appears that the receipts from passen.
gers over that road for the quarter end
ing December 81, 1886, were $50, 652 .9s
The receipts from the same source fol
the same quarter in 1885, were $49, 052.78
showing an increase In 1886 of 81 ,569. 20
The claim of the company in its peti
ton to Judge Hill was that the reduc
ton of passenger rates from four to
three cents mile would result in q
large decrease of its revenue from that
source. This claim has not been veri.
fed.
The experience of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad Company is of the same
character. The report of that Company
for the last quarter of 1886 shows re.
ceipts from local passenger travel to be
S77, O59.52 against $72, 905.6S for the
corresponding quarter of 1SS5-an in
crease of $4,153.S4.
The reduction in passenger rates on
the Mobile and Ohio road, made June /.
1886, was ten cents per passenger on
short hauls.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

The Senate last Friday passed the
bill to credit and pay the several States
and Territories and the District of Col
umbia all moneys collected under the
direct tax levied by act of August S,
1861.
The bill directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to credit to each State and
Territory and to the District of Column
bia sum equal to all collections made
from them under the direct tax act. It
RENTS and relinquishes all of the tax
still due, and it appropriates sufficient
amount to reimburse the States for all
moneys found due to them under the
provisions of this act, to be paid to their
Governors; provided, that
where the taxes have been collected
from citizens, either directly or by sale
of property, the amount shall be held in
trust for them or their legal representa-
tives by the respective State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
A Battered Bogy.
n. Y. World.1

n. I. World.
Democrats i'll Congress should not bt
deferred from joining in the effort to
reduce the needless war taxes by the
stale trick of dangling Free Trade
bogy before their eyes.
The 'scare" should all be gone from
this familiar spook by this time. The
people of New York supported three
"Free-Traders" for Mayor last year and
elected the ablest of them. At two
Congressional elections the people have
elected majority of the Lower House
from a party pledged to "revise the
tariff and reduce the war taxes as a
means of preventing the surplus. And
in 1884 they elected President upon a
platform distinctly declaring the same
policy.
Every man of ordinary intelligence
upon the subject knows that no one is
proposing Free Trade" or anything
remotely resembling it. The pending
Morrison bill would leave the average
duty at least double what il was before
the war. 1t would not effect the 30 per
cent. reduction recommended by Re
publican President, strongly urged by
two Republican Secretaries of the Treas
ury, promised by Republican Tariff
Commission, and falsely claimed to have
been made by Republican Congress.
What nonsense and what dishonesty.
then, to speak of a moderate and neces.
sary tariff reduction from the war maxi
mum as "Free-Trade" measured
Neither Democrats nor honest Repub-
llcan revenue reformers should be
frightened from their duty by this
battered old "Free-Trade" bogy.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

A PASSENGER train on the Central
Vermont Railroad met with a terrible
accident near Woodstock about half-past
two o'clock Saturday morning. 1t con-
sisted of a locomotive, baggage car, pos
tai car, two passenger coaches and two
sleepers, and when near the bridge over
White River struck broken rail. The
locomotive, baggage and postal car
passed over the bridge in safety, but all
the others ran off the bridge and fell
into the river fifty feet below. Almost
Immediately one of the passenger cars
was discovered to be on fire and the
work of rescuing those who were caught
in the wreck was soon stopped by the
intense heat. 1t is estimated that be-
tween forty and sixty persons were
killed, many of them having been i'm
prisoned in the cars and burned to
death, in sight of those who were anx-
ious but unable to rescue them from
their terrible fate.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
The Railroad Attorneys Bill.

The bill of Senator Beck to prohibi
members of Congress from acting al
attorneys for subsidized railroad com
panies was defeated in the Senate Fri
day, by the adoption of a substitute
which is little better than nothing. Mr.
Beck in voting for the substitute said
there was little in it he cared much
about but the House might put some
thing in it and he wanted to give the
House chance. The following is the
text of the substitute as it passed the
Senate:
That it shall be unlawful for any
member of either House of Congress to
accept employment as attorney-at-Iaw,
or payment for services of any kind in
opposition to the United States, in any
case to which the United States may be
q party, or in which its interests may be
concerned, or from any railroad COM
pany, if such. member shall have reason
able cause to believe that measures
specially affecting the interests of such
company are pending before Congress,
or are about to be so pending during his
term of Office. Any person who violates
the provisions of this act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and may be punished
by imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or by fine mot exceeding $500.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
GREEN WOOD LEFLORE,
III. F. MILLER, ct al.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Gren-
ada county. Hon. A. L. Roane,
Judge.
Slack & Houghstreet, for the appel
lart.
w. c. Mclean, for the appelless.
In 1884, Greenwood LeFlore sold a
mule to Scott Withers, retaining the IT,
tie thereto until the purchase money
should be paid. In 1885. there was still
due on the mule $29.78, when Scott
Withcrs induced the mercantile firm of
Neal & Miller to assume this debt and
executed deed of trust on the mule to
Guy Hill, trustee for Neal q Miller. In
the spring of 1885, and after the execu-
ton of this deed of trust, Neal & Miller
failed. and were unable to furnish Scott
Withers WITH supplies. LeFlore, his
landlord. did so furnish him until the
close of the year, at the end of which
time Withers was indebted to LeFlore
in the sum of Sl37. In 1886, Guy Hill,
the trustee, took the mule out of the pos
session of LeFlore, claiming it under the
deed of trust. LeFlore brought this
action of replevin against Guy Hill,
trustee. and Mrs II. F. Miller, who
seams in some way to have succeeded to
the rights of Neal & Miller, to recover
possession of the mule. y The justice of
the peace found for the plaintiff. There
upon the defendants rendered to the plain
tiff the amount of purchase money still
due on the mule and the accrued costs,
which the plaintiff declined to receive.
The defendants then appealed to the
circuit court, where, during the trial,
having rendered into court the unpaid |
money and accrued cost, the |
court instructed the jury to ind Tor the |
defendant, and adjudged the costs that
accrued after the first tender against
the plaintiff. The plaintiff appealed.
COOPER, C. J., delivered the opinion of
the Court.
The right of the plaintiff to the pos
session Of the mule was tern mated by
the tender of the purchase money due
and the payment of the costs OF SUIT
which had accrued up to the time OF
tender. There is nothing in the record
showing any lien upon the mule to Sc
cure advances made to the owner, and
he defendant, by virtue OF his deed of
trnst. was entitled to its possession,
subject alone to the claim OF the seller
for the unpaid purchase money. The
action was rightly instituted by the
nlaint;ff. hut after tender OF the full
nm due to him and the payment OF ae-
.ruad costs- its further prosecution was
.,rongful and the court below properly
Instructed the Jury to find for the de-
rsndsnt and properly awarded Judg- ,
IL. as.;n.s the plaintiff for the costs
,ccrnnr after the tender. The plaintiff
must have right Of possession, t mot Of. only
It the institution of SUIT, o1 G. a,so G pa
Is termination. Helm V. uray' %
Miss, 81. o.har r;obt -
he possession of the property than that
rising from the terms Of the conditional aa.,
lle, anu u. .nss II the purchase money, {
: en ~ ' secover upon the ground that j
s. 'oor 1sU under which the defendant
isins IS one for i f., that j., b
onceded it would only show 'na' tho J
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09
CLOSE OF THE f1rr1ETH YEAR.

This number closes the fiftieth year
of the continuous publication Of The
CLARIos. The history of the paper
has been so recently given-in Octo-
Der, 1SS5-we deem it unnecessary to
repeat it here in detail. The paper was
established at Paulding, Jasper county,
February Is, 1887, as "7he Eastern
Clarion aad Padding Palladium" AS
soon as a copy of the first issue can be
obtained we will reproduce it in minia-
ture form. A copy of the second num-
Der has been kindly furnished us. Messrs.
Duncan & Snead were the publishers.
In 1888, John J. McRae appears as
editor and publisher. Simeon r. Adams
soon after became proprietor, and under
his management the paper not only
became a power in the land, but was
one Of the largest newspapers then pub
lisned in the United States. In March,
1863, the paper was removed to Merid-
ian; thence, in 1865, to Jackson. Its
present proprietor became identified
with it in May, 1866, and during the
nearly twenty-one years that have
elapsed there are hundreds whose names
are on our books who have never for
gotten to encourage him by kind words
and more substantial favors. During
most of that eventful period he had the
cooperation and counsel of a friend
who was an honor to journalism, and a.
useful to the State in the capacity Of
editor, as he has since been in what
many regard as a more exalted station
During the days of reconstruction
and misrule, Tue CLARION, under hi
guidance, did its full duty in the re
demption of the State from the grasp o.
the aliens and adventures who came
here to plumber its people.
With a consciousness of duty Jealous
ly and faithfully performed, and with {
feeling of satisfaction at what it ha
been able to contribute toward the Pc
litical and material prosperity of on
beloved State, The CLARION will ente
upon the second half-century of its ex
istence assured of its own stability
and in the full belief that the be
ginning of a new era of development
and progress is dawning upon gu
State. 1t will not only chronicle
with pleasure, but will encourage il
every possible way, all enterprises tina
will give employment and prosperity t.
the people by utilizing the vast resource
that fertile soil and a genial CHM
have given us in such abundance. Hence
forth let our factories be nearer ou
fields, and not in distant States. LIE
home capital be employed in home in
dustries, and then let home people pat
ronize them to the full extent of theil
needs.
Let's all work together.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

JUDGE REAGAN has fairly earned the
distinguished honor conferred on him
by the Texas Legislature in electing
him to succeed Senator Maxey in the
United States Senate, While we rejoice
with the friends o. Judge Reagan at his
success, we regret that the Senate will
lose the services of Senator Maxey.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-09

Or an average each year of S54, 1928.
Now l submit that S54 1923 is more
than % per cent. of $4,000, the amount
paid to the common schools; yea, it is
more than per cent, and if q per cent.
would give two days more to the common
schools, per cent. would continue them
week.
l present these figures merely to show
the fallacy of Gen. Lees mathematics, not
that they change the principal involved.
lie virtually admits, his institution robs
the common schools of two days each
year, and equity and good conscience is as
much violated, as if his admission had
heen in exact accord with the facts.
There is another branch of this subject
which presents some startling figures, and
/ apprehend from my knowledge of Gen.
Lees character, that he has overlooked the
fact that his institution does not contain
q per cent. of the educable children in the
State, which it should do to make his ar
gument consistent The truth is, it does
not contain one-eight of one per cent, as /
shall show.
The State Superintendent reports show
that the number of children enrolled in the
common schools during these yeare were
"a fellows.